News from Potato Expo 2013

摘要

The potato industry held its biggest event of the year the second week in January in Las Vegas. The Potato Expo which is in its fifth year of existence has shown remarkable growth. For example, there were 149 exhibitors this year compared to 86 just two years ago. Of those 149 exhibitors at the 2013 show, several were from our region. This year I again coordinated the North Central Potato Breeding Team booth. The booth provides a home for the potato breeding teams from the University of Minnesota, North Dakota State University, the University of Wisconsin and Michigan State to come together to promote their promising new potato varieties, many of which are the result of joint research and collaboration among the universities.